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TIL Memorial Day was started by freed slaves to honor soldiers who died during the civil war

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PY4oE TIL about Neil Horan, a laicized Irish Roman Catholic priest that tackled Vanderlei de Lima during the 2004 Athens Olympics marathon, arguably costing de Lima the gold medal.
lonN5 TIL that the fastest airspeed record is held by the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a plane designed in the 60's. The record speed, however, is NOT the Blackbird's maximum speed which is still classified.
VOBB TIL Canada nicknamed their first space telescope the “Humble Space Telescope”
j6E1M TIL that publications keep "advance obituaries" for notable individuals in order to have large well-written articles as quickly as possible. Not only do these regularly get published early in error, but P.T. Barnum requested his be published early so he could read them on his deathbed. They did.
4XjBb TIL Florida is second to Alaska for highest number of breeding pairs of Bald Eagles in the US. Hawaii is the only state where you can’t find Bald Eagles.